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paper round

paper round

1 2.7
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪpə raʊnd/
  • UK
: ruta de entrega de periódicos
  • He does a paper round.

Me and my brother had paper rounds as children with my mum so we could keep the sky on and have them luxuries through life.

Examples

  • As a teenager, I delivered newspapers every morning on my paper round before going to school.

  • Me and my brother had paper rounds as children with my mum so we could keep the sky on and have them luxuries through life.

    The BlueTick Show

  • Yeah, but I was only doing my - paper round.

    Young Soul Rebels (1991)

  • I was only doing my paper round, Caz!

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He does my paper round.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Little Brian Libby found them, out on his paper round.

    Hot Fuzz (2007)

  • And like it's like you, I grew up, I did a paper round, I washed cars, I cleaned houses, I ironed and now I've given up my full time job.

  • Anthea White, 57, does a paper round, and Gina Nairn, 62, works part-time for two and a half hours a day cleaning tills in Primark.

    Academic text (2009)

  • I remember my first job was doing a paper round; it taught me responsibility and time management.

  • During summer, many kids take up a paper round to earn some extra pocket money.

Synonyms

paper route
vspaper round
  • US
15 3.2

A regular job delivering newspapers to homes

is usually done by young people as a part-time job delivering newspapers

How Large

distribution
190 3.0
paper round
  • UK
1 2.7

Surface Forms

paper round singular
paper rounds plural

Morphology

paper + round

The meaning 'a regular route for delivering newspapers' is directly and compositionally derived from 'paper' (newspaper) + 'round' (a route/circuit). This construction is a straightforward compound found cross-linguistically (e.g., 'paper route') and a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The term paper round comes from the image of a person carrying papers on a regular round of streets each morning to 'deliver' them. That's why it means 'a regular route' or the 'job' of delivering newspapers.